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the Firth of Forth off St. Monans, at a place locally known 

 as " the Fluke Hole " and famous for the fine quality of its 

 flat-fishes, especially plaice and lemon soles. In structure, 

 Neobradya pectinifer is somewhat intermediate between Longi- 

 pedia and Bradya (or Ectinosomd} ; it is, however, quite 

 distinct from other British Harpactids, and is apparently 

 local in its distribution. Till quite recently " the Fluke Hole" 

 was the only habitat for Neobradya known to us. We are 

 now, however, able to record its occurrence in the Clyde ; a 

 few specimens of it, along with specimens of other rare forms, 

 having been obtained in a small gathering of Copepods 

 from Ballantrae Bank. 



PSEUDOCLETODES VARARENSES, T. and A. Scott. 



This genus and species were instituted to include a some- 

 what large Copepod from the Moray Firth, and descriptions 

 were published in the " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History" for October I 893. Only a very few specimens of this 

 Copepod were obtained at that time, and no others have been 

 observed by us till a short time ago, when, on re-examining a 

 number of doubtful forms from the Clyde set aside for further 

 study, several specimens of this apparently rare species were 

 obtained. They had been collected from some material 

 dredged near Sanda Lighthouse at the mouth of Clyde estuary, 

 where the conditions as regards depth of water and the 

 nature of the bottom are apparently somewhat similar to 

 that part of the Moray Firth where the species was first 

 discovered. The elongate cylindrical form of the species, 

 with its somewhat long and peculiar caudal stylets, distinguish 

 it from other allied Copepods. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. 



DELAVALIA GIESBRECHTI, sp. n. 



Fig. i. Female, dorsal view . x So 



2. Antennule . . x 380 



3. Antenna . . . x 253 



4. Mandible and palp . x 253 



5. Maxilla x 253 



6. Second foot-jaw . x 760 



Fig. 7. Foot of first pair . x 253 



,, 8. Foot of fourth pair . x 253 



,, 9. Foot of fifth pair . x 253 

 ,, 10. Caudal stylets and 

 last two segments 



of abdomen . x 253 



IDYA MINOR, sp. n. 



Fig. 11. Female, dorsal view x 53 



,, 12. Antennule . . x 130 



,, 13. Antenna . . x 253 



,, 14. Mandible palp . x 380 



Fig. 15. Firstfoot-jaw . x 253 



,, 16. Foot of first pair . x 253 

 ,, 17. Foot of fifth pair . x 253 



